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Background: The aim of this study was to report magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of cystic lymphangiomas of the breast. Methods: MRI of the breast was performed using a phased-array double breast coil with a 1.5-T MR scanner. Routine T1 and T2 and postcontrast sequential imaging was performed. Results: The MRI characteristics of cystic lymphangioma in the breast are described. Conclusion: MR imaging provides for multiplanar evaluation and diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma of the breast, which is a rare occurrence.

The authors describe imaging patterns of intracranial metastases in 2 children with grade 4 neuroblastoma. Central nervous system metastases from neuroblastoma are extremely rare and may involve the cerebral parenchyma, leptomeninges, or dura. Cerebral parenchymal metastases can be cystic with mural nodules or solid with hemorrhagic elements. The first patient in our study had multiple cystic parenchymal metastases with calcific mural nodules, while the second patient developed solid hemorrhagic parenchymal metastatic lesions along with extensive leptomeningeal and dural deposits. Central nervous system involvement in both patients occurred within a time span ranging from 12 to 14 months from the time of initial diagnosis.

This report describes the case of a 50-year-old woman with carcinomatous meningitis from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Ultrasound showed an irregular hypoechoic mass in the cervix. Contrast enhanced computed tomography imaging revealed intense linear enhancement along the falx cerebri suggestive of pachymeningeal metastasis with involvement of the optic nerve. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of imaging features of isolated metastatic dural involvement from cervical carcinoma. Moreover, this is the first case of its kind in which dural involvement was diagnosed at presentation in a locally confined tumour.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate a phyllodes tumor of the breast with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Methods: MRI of the breasts was performed using a phased array double breast coil with spectroscopic capability on a 1.5T MR scanner. Postcontrast sequential imaging was done, and the subtracted images were evaluated. Timesignal intensity curves were obtained. MR spectroscopy using BREASE software was also performed. Results: MRI combined with MR spectroscopy was used in the diagnosis and characterization of a phyllodes tumor of the breast. Conclusion: MRI and MR spectroscopy may offer an in vivo imaging technique for the characterization of phyllodes tumors of the breast.